Replica of First Ever Coach Produced in Keszthely
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- 11 Mar 2022
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A predecessor to the modern car and the father of European Renaissance transportation, a reconstruction of the first ever coach has been produced at the Helikon Castle Museum, a section of Festetics Palace in Keszthely. The full scale model, presented at an inauguration on Thursday, is the first replica of the coach constructed and used during the reign of King Matthias at the end of the 15th century.
Speaking at the inauguration, Róbert Pálinkás, director of the museum, explained that after King Mathias occupied Vienna in 1485, the need arose for more efficient travel between Buda and Vienna. It was the inventive craftsmen of Kocs [kot͡ʃ], a village which fell on the road between the two capitals, who were able to construct the first comfortable, lightweight, and fast carriage, modelled after a wagon.
According to Collins Dictionary, a coach can be, “a large, comfortable bus that carries passengers on long journeys,” or, “one of the separate sections of a train that carries passengers,” or, from the perspective of a postman driving to Vienna in 1518, “an enclosed vehicle with four wheels which is pulled by horses, and in which people used to travel.” The origin of the word comes from the Hungarian word kocsi szekér (wagon of Kocs). Read More...
